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44. The guy who never became an adult. (1)

Everyone stopped in their tracks at the sudden turn of events and just looked at Jia, who was lying there bleeding.

The moment when the group that had been apart for a while meets again. When they notice something strange, it is already too late.

With a faint gasp, blood gushes out from the punctured chest, wetting the floor.

And next to him, Choi Young-wol is laughing happily with a laugh that makes everyone laugh.

No, is it really Choi Young-wol?

They hear the sound of laughter mocking them and the sound of glass hitting the floor with a ‘bang. bang.’

The nightmare before your eyes… is only just beginning.

*****

It took me quite some time to realize what I was looking at.

When I felt that my brother and sister were with Choi Young-wol, I had a feeling that something was going to happen.

No, when Mr. Doosik joined that person’s team. No, when we first met. I already felt that he was dangerous, but I just ignored it.

When I first met him, I remember the distorted expression on his face the moment he approached me. That expression that I thought was an illusion.

The expression on his face right now as he stabbed my sister in front of me was the same expression he had back then.

” Hahahaha! This is so funny! You’re doubting me just because I saved your life when you were in danger! It’s the first time in my life that I’ve seen such simple-minded people. ”

He continued speaking while trampling on Zia’s body that had fallen to the floor.

” How can you believe all the lies that are made up in the questions? Do you have top secret information? Did you get it by force? Hahahahahaha! That was really funny. ”

” You little brat…! ”

” Hey! Don’t move! Are you saying that you don’t care what happens to your little brother right now? ”

The moment Ji-seong oppa approaches him, Choi Young-wol steps on Ji-ah unnie who was stepping on him and speaks to us.

He took a pose as if he was saluting us.

” Thank you for coming to the rescue! Captain Yujisung! Ehhh… Ehhahahahahaha! ”

At that sight, we couldn’t help but stare at the guy. If he moved… something might happen to the older sister below him.

‘It’s okay… My sister has a brooch…’

” Hey, you. You. Aren’t you looking for this brooch? ”

” What…?! ”

There was a brooch shining faintly in his hand. It was the brooch I had given to my sister.

” Hehe~ As expected, it stings a little because it contains the power of purification, but whatever. Unlike that stupid old man, I now know how to get it. ”

With a ‘Crash!’ sound, the brooch in his hand shatters into dust and falls to the floor.

What that means is…

” Ah, no…! ”

” What can’t be done! You can’t take it by force, but if you don’t take it, but make it drop, then it’s fine. Because you tore the pocket you put it in while piercing the heart and made it drop! Hahahaha!

And now this stupid guy who’s down is not going to be healed! Now all that’s left is to die! ”

Even if my sister was badly injured… I thought that if I had the brooch I gave her… I could at least buy some time… But those ‘hopeful’ thoughts… were shattered.

All that’s left for me now is… the ‘despair’ of my sister dying like this.

” Ah, ah… ”

I just hung my head and cried at my own stupidity.

” Puhahahaha! To fall into despair over something like this, you’re nothing more than a vessel of God!

So what are you going to do now? Because of your stupid decision, one person died and the other person fell into despair and couldn’t get out! ”

Choi Young-wol, who was talking to Yu Ji-seong while laughing. No, now a man who didn’t even know who he was asked him.

” What the heck… are you! Why are you doing this? ”

” What~? You’re asking me that now? Hahahaha! Okay, fine. Since I broke two precious things from you, I’ll tell you as a bonus.

My name is ‘Choi Siwoo’, and I was the man who would become the ‘main character’ of this world.”

” What…? The main character…? What is that… ”

Contrary to expectations, Choi Young-wol, or rather Choi Si-woo, pointed at Yoo Ji-seong, who was not understanding the absurd words, and began to speak.

” Do you know why I kept chasing you? It’s because you took everything I needed to get.

When I came back from another world, I thought I could become the best being in this world with the power I had. But, this world was already falling apart. Well, that doesn’t matter.

Because I had ‘special powers’, I thought that if I was there, everything would be solved.

But that wasn’t it either. Haa… Why did the ‘stupid goddess’ share her power with ‘everyone’? It’s so stupid that it’s sickening. ”

” What the hell are you talking about… ”

When Yeonseo reacted to his words with a look of bewilderment, he threw a ‘sword’ made of black crystal at her.

” Shut up! I’m not done talking yet! Where did I end up? Yes, it was a story about a stupid goddess sharing her power. Yes, I’m broad-minded and can understand the goddess’s stupid actions.

Why? Of course, those guys’ abilities will eventually become ‘mine’. Because I have the power to do so! ”

Choi Si-woo, who had closed his eyes for a moment, opened them again, glared at Yoo Ji-seong, and shouted loudly.

” But! That stage that was meant for me! You took it away! With your friends! ”

” What? ‘You want to create a place for people? Lead the wandering people in this broken world? It’s hard to carry everything alone, so I’ll help you? ‘

Seriously, how much fun it was to have such a childish and brilliant friendship. You and your friend are such dull idiots! ”

” How did you… ”

Yoo Ji-seong was looking at him with wide eyes, surprised that Choi Si-woo knew about the conversation that only he and Choi Young-wol knew.

Choi Si-woo, who saw that expression, looked as if he was saying, “Don’t you know something as simple as this?”

” Really, I don’t know why? Of course not. Because I ‘took your friend’s body! ‘ You get it? ”

” What the…? Since when did you take Yeongwol’s body…! No way… ”

” Hahahaha! Right, when you were crushing my arms and legs! Your friend went to the ‘cult leader’. But you know what? Your friend was already a brainwashed idiot by the cult leader there?

When you were tired of fighting me, the cult leader appeared. Ah~ Don’t you remember this? The cult leader’s ‘ability’ is of that kind.

Well, as you can guess, your brainwashed idiot friend put his heart in this ‘black crystal’ and gave it to me, so I have that body! ”

” This kid…! ”

As if he couldn’t hold back his anger any longer, Yoo Ji-seong tried to run towards Choi Si-woo, but Choi Si-woo stuck the black crystal sword in his hand into the ground.

Right… next to Yujia’s ‘neck’. Jisung, who saw that sight, stopped and glared at him, and while looking at that sight,

” Hahahahaha! I really don’t understand. How can a dead woman act so stupidly like I do?

Listen carefully! The culprit behind all this is Yoo Ji Sung! You are the one who caused this! You are the one who saved people who are not related to you because you are too big of a mouth! The result is that I, the main character! I took away the opportunity to be active and sat in that position! ”

” Damn it….!!! ”

” Struggle as far as you can, hero! No matter what you do, the girl who’s already fallen to the ground can’t come back, and the girl who’s fallen into despair will eventually become a sacrifice to this power!

And I say it again! This is all! The result of you taking what I should have had! Hehe… Hehehe… Hahahahahaha! ”

Yoo Ji-seong could only bite his lips hard at the sight of Choi Si-woo laughing wickedly.

As Choi Si-woo in front of him had said, no matter how he moved now… there was no hope.

*****

Because I was stupid… because I thought it wasn’t a big deal… my precious little sister Gia died.

I couldn’t hear the guy who kept yelling at me, and I couldn’t see anything in front of me. All I could feel was… the cold figure of her lying on the cold floor, bleeding.

As long as that guy has the power of Thanatos… if he can use even the fragments to that extent, he should be able to immediately perceive the movement of divine power.

That’s why I couldn’t do anything. Yeah, that’s what I thought.

‘Charlotte.’

His voice… heard with the wind tickling my ears and fluttering my hair.

He nodded slightly as he slowly looked to the side, wiping away the tears from his eyes that were falling down onto the floor with his head bowed.

He was looking at me, the one who cherished and loved me as much as family.

‘Just stay still and listen. A little while ago… I sent the brooch I had to Sister Zia.’

What? How on earth?

How could he send that? I looked at him with an expression of incomprehension.

‘Shh. Trust me. So you don’t have to cry like that.’

As much as I love him, I trust him, but I still can’t figure out how he can do something like that.

I slowly turned my eyes to look at Jia. I felt a brooch filled with my power there. I felt another brooch, different from the one that Choi Sa-woo had destroyed.

Thanks to that, I could tell that he wasn’t lying to me.

And I was able to face the situation that was happening now.

Choi Young-wol, who is slowly laughing at us and talking about herself. No, Choi Si-woo.

A story about how her actions were justified because she hated her brother. A story about how she was the main character of this world. The more I heard about it, the more I was shocked.

‘Why on earth? Do you think you’re the main character? Could it be because your name appears frequently in novels and comics, and because you’ve been to another world?’

It’s an absurd story.

You’re talking as if you’re some kind of special being, but there are already countless people who’ve been to another world and come back, including me, Hyunseok oppa, and Elena.

In the midst of all this, he thought he was special.

When he realized that I was staring at him, he fiddled with the black crystal sword he had stuck near his sister Zia’s neck.

” What are you looking at? You’re such a pitiful girl! You’ve become a vessel for the gods, and now you’re not even human anymore. ”

” What? What is that… ”

Choi Si-woo laughs at the sight of Ji-sung oppa looking at him, saying he didn’t even notice.

” Hahaha! That’s really funny! Are you guys really a family after all that? And you keep it all a secret. The more that bitch gains divinity, the more she becomes a being that transcends humanity.

Just purification or something, absorbing this power, did it seem like just picking up a coin that fell somewhere? You’re really pathetic, doing such worthless things. ”

As I was saying that, I saw Ji-ah unnie falling down and kicking her…

” Hey. I’ve had a really hard time listening to your bullshit so far. But, you shouldn’t cross the line. You’re the one who fell short. You son of a bitch! ”